Pakistan recovers Rs107 billion from defaulters in a crackdown on power theft.

The military leadership’s actions and the government’s crackdown in Pakistan are beginning to yield favourable consequences in terms of recovering the economy of the nation.

Details show that more than 83,000 electricity thieves were taken into custody and that more than 107 billion rupees had been recovered from those who had stolen power.

In August, energy thieves in Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, and Islamabad were caught and over one billion rupees was retrieved by the concerned authorities.

then-caretaker federal government declared on September 6 that it will crack down on electricity theft nationwide in an effort to lower the spiralling circular debt in the power industry.

Ten Pakistani distribution corporations, according to the power minister, lose a combined Rs589 billion a year. According to him, the main reasons for this enormous loss are energy theft and unpaid electricity prices.